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Efrén Valverde-Bolivar1, José J García-Arenas2, Ilda López Pelegrin3
1Hospital Psiquiátrico Román Alberca, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, España. Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, España.
Abstract:
Individuals with mental disorders are labeled in such a way that it leads to stigmatization. This generates a disadvantage as regards to the rest of the members of the society, limiting their participation as active members within it and at the same time being deleterious to their way of life. Mental health professionals are not safe from internalizing these stereotypes and prejudices assumed from their environment, thereby showing stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors towards the users in the different mental health resources.
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